In the past decades, substantial research has confirmed that job demands (i.e., job characteristics which are associated with sustained effort) are associated with negative work-related outcomes such as burnout, poor job satisfaction, work engagement or work performance. Negative work experiences, however, affect employees' lives in many other ways. The present talk will provide an integrative...
In a survey by Nature (Baker, 2016), 52% of respondents from different disciplines stated that there is a significant crisis in the reproducibility of research results. Possible reasons for this include falsification of studies, questionable research practices, insufficient power of studies, lack of statistical literacy, or too simple (correlative) hypotheses for complex empirical phenomena....
Employment in higher education entails significant demands and may pose risks to occupational mental and physical health. Specifically, in the Czech Republic, the long-standing underfunding of tertiary education imposes an additional burden on both academic and non-academic university employees, potentially increasing their psychological vulnerability. Thus, the present study aims to...
The resilience is a positive psychological trait which enable people do deal with the adversities of their life. The youth of any nation is the future as well as pillar of its development. The students studying in the professional courses face many psychological problems issues such as stress, anxiety, emotional troubles, etc. which may lead to lower well-being. But the students with high...
Jingle and jangle fallacies arise from unclear connections between theory and empirical studies. In jingle fallacies, different phenomena are given the same name, whereas jangle fallacies occur when the same phenomenon is given different names. This problem has only been increasingly studied in recent years, although these fallacies have been known since Thorndike and Kelley. Examples of...
This study investigates the dynamic properties of hypothetical individuals’ automatic operations updating from a mathematical perspective. We focus on the dynamics of how automatic operations of an individual are getting closer to controlled operations. To do this, we adopt a nonlinear complex systems approach based on well-established behavioral theories, as Prospect Theory.
Using...
Measurement invariance testing has become a standard procedure in the psychometric toolbox. Power analysis is also considered an integral part of any statistical hypothesis testing procedure. Surprisingly, however, there is little guidance in the literature regarding the statistical power of measurement invariance testing procedures and associated sample size requirements. This may be due to...
Recent developments in psychological assessment have seen the rise of AI-based
automatic detection of emotional facial expressions, now widely implemented in
both commercial and open-source software. Despite its growing prominence, this
AI-based approach encounters practical, measurement, and diagnostic
challenges.
Our initial study (N = 18) involved a comparative analysis of OpenFace,...
The life of software professionals is rife with daily challenges and uncertainties; which affects their well-being. Therefore, it is necessary to identify personality traits which may help software professional to cope with stresses of life. Mindfulness is one of those traits which may help to cope with such stresses of professionals. Mindfulness leads to awareness of thoughts, feelings and...
During social interactions our attention is automatically attracted by our interlocutor gaze, and we are compelled to follow it: this phenomenon, called joint attention, sees one of its key features in the so-called gaze-following behaviour (GFB) paradigm. The tendency to follow other people’s gaze can be supressed, at the cost of delayed reaction times, according to social categorization...
Mental health and wellbeing of university students has become an important public health concern all over the world. Experiencing mental health issues is associated with poor academic achievements and increased study drop-out rates. Considering these costly repercussions for both students and universities, addressing student mental health is an urgent research priority. Comparing different...
Summated rating scales are frequently considered interval-scaled rather than ordinal-scaled, with results published regularly in highly ranked journals. This may be due to the simplified application of parametric statistics and the more convenient results these methods offer. However, when assumptions such as equidistance are violated, which is often unclear, bias can occur, complicating...
Our study was part of a larger project to determine the influence of environmental variables on participants' experiences. The aim of our study was to develop and test two instruments: (1) to measure the experience of environmental variables in the classroom and (2) to measure the experience of the learning process. We developed two rating scales based on a literature review in a group of...
This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of brain-based-learning principles (Caine and Caine, 1990; Sousa, 2001; Folta-Schoofs & Ostermann, 2019) in enhancing vocabulary learning. Although neurodidactics has received considerable attention in scientific and popular discourse, detailed research findings and implementation guidelines of these principles are scarce. Moreover, the approach is...
Achieving an attractive physical appearance, even via cosmetic surgery, is a core factor in women's lives. Social media puts high pressure on women to be attractive. In addition to promoting the ideal body shape and cosmetic procedures, Instagram also has a significant impact on women's attitudes towards their own bodies. The present study aims to show that Instagram use plays a significant...
Humour plays multiple roles in our lives. A sense of humour reflects a person’s good social skills, has a positive effect on health, reduces stress and tension, evokes positive emotions, reduces social distance, increases group cohesion, and creates a stimulating work atmosphere. However, not every form of humour works that way, and we distinguish between positive and negative humour.
The...
Background: The Structured Interview of Personality Organization – Revised (STIPO-R) (Clarkin et al., 2016) assesses personality organization as conceptualized by Otto Kernberg. Establishing its interrater reliability is crucial for clinical use, but no studies have yet evaluated the Hungarian version's reliability.
Objective: This study aims to evaluate the interrater reliability of the...
The aim of the study is to determine how asthma control and the potential presence of depressive symptoms in employed respondents who are being treated for asthma, reflect on turnover intention and attachment to the company and to examine the mediating effect of the need for autonomy at work, according to the theory of self-determination. Previous research shows inconsistent results, so the...
Introduction: The Operationalized Psychodynamic Diagnosis System (currently available in its third revision, OPD-3) is a multiaxial system used for psychodynamic diagnosis and treatment planning. Its four axes cover the essential psychodynamic sub-concepts intrapsychic conflict, transference, defence, resistance and personality structure. The structural concept on axis four has five...
Prosocial behaviour develops rapidly in the preschool period and can be influenced by both environmental and individual factors. The research aims to identify these factors through parenting, child temperament and regulatory skills. In what ways do these factors influence children's prosocial behaviour? 524 parents (Mparents’ age: 35,57 years; SD: 4,65; range: 21-49; 36 males, 488 female)...
ITRODUCTION: Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder with motor and non-motor symptoms and several psychological features has a significant impact on daily activities of patients. Our research focuses on the individual disease narratives of people with PD.
METHODS: In the present study, we aimed to assess the everyday experiences of patients with PD and...
The aim of this research was to investigate individual differences in activity and attention concentration from a personality psychological perspective. The research question was which characteristics of the individual and his/her immediate personal environment influenced the relationship between inhibition and behavioural control.
We used a questionnaire package. Children's behavioural...
Background: Parental stress affects parents and negatively impacts children. Therefore, it is important to provide a valid and reliable measurement instrument. Objective: The aim of this study was to conduct a psychometric evaluation of the Parental Stress Scale (PSS) using item response theory analysis in parents of 2–9 year old children. Methods: Data from a larger European initiative to...
The shift from traditional combustion vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is crucial for meeting decarbonisation targets and addressing global warming. This transition faces several challenges, many of which are psychological. A well-known issue is range anxiety, the fear of running out of energy during travel. This and other factors causing scepticisms about EV adoption often stem from...
Stress, including occupational stress can cause problems in mental and physical health and is known to be associated with high levels of sick leaves and work errors. Main stressors in nursing are often related to the unpredictability of their work, insufficient number of employees, poor work organization, overtime and night work, and inadequate reward and recognition. The aim of this research...
Based on the multidimensional existential threat model, present perceived threats, such as the Ukraine crisis and EU sanctions, and past victimization can be considered as types of collective threat. Under high system threats, people are motivated to adhere to the status quo, resulting in the legitimization of the system. We assumed that the perceived threats of the Ukraine crisis and EU...
The SNARC effect reflect a left-to-right mapping of numbers resembling a mental number line. However, disentangling the roles played by numbers’ magnitude and order in the SNARC effect remains a challenge due to their inherent correlation. This study examined the impact of order and magnitude on the SNARC effect using playing cards as stimuli. While most people organize cards in ascending...
Autonomous academic motivation represents students’ innate drive to learn. It is associated with students’ greater academic achievement and well-being. Thus, it is concerning that research indicates a decline of autonomous motivation in adolescence. However, investigation into whether this decline is present across all types of autonomous motivation has been limited. Autonomous motivation...
Studies investigating the social class education gap differentiate between two effects involved in the reproduction of educational inequalities. Primary effects are those that lead to social-class differences in academic achievement, while secondary effects involve the impact of socioeconomic status on academic choices after accounting for students' prior academic success. The aim of this...
To enhance the ecological validity of measuring working memory, we developed a new computer task – Restaurant Game (RG). As waitpersons, participants must remember the customers' mixed orders of drinks and dishes and place drinks on a tray first and dishes second. The number of items in the order increases if at least one of two trials is correct. The RG score is calculated as the square root...
The prevailing executive function (EF) model delineates three core processes: updating, inhibition, and task switching. These processes are distinct yet interrelated constructs that underpin a variety of higher-order cognitive functions. Since many cognitive functions decline with age, there is growing interest in developing interventions to improve EF in the aging population. Despite its...
Many children and adolescents learn a musical instrument with enthusiasm, while others take little pleasure in it and develop little sustainable intrinsic motivation. Additionally, many music students stop attending music school and abandon their instruments. The causes of these motivational differences can be found in the individual (e.g., interests), the quality of music lessons, or the...
To prevent non-optimal developmental outcomes, international guidelines recommend the avoidance of digital media use under the age of two. This recommendation is, however, rarely followed. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between screen time and early childhood development in a sociodemographically representative Hungarian sample. The study was conducted on a...
In the study, we briefly describe both SF/ Solution Focused counselling and NVC Non-Violent Communication methods based on recent academic literature. Then we introduce the methodological usage of both methods in school counselling settings. Following this a more concrete topic will arrive as an integrative counseling technique: how and when solution-focused /SF/counseling with non-violent...
Over the past forty years, sport psychologists and cognitive psychologists have developed experimental paradigms to investigate the perceptual-motor processes underlying sport actions. Many studies have been conducted and today a large body of evidence is available, particularly in relation to the visual modality. However, in real word situations visual stimuli are not the only ones available,...
Child and adolescents in low and middle income countries are overrepresented in the prevalence of mental health disorders and often do not receive the care they need to reduce risk and prevent lifelong negative health effects. Effective interventions are available that target risk factors, but major gaps in implementation and effectiveness in context remain. Parenting programs represent one...
Charitable requests often ask many potential donors to give to a specific donation cause. However, the presence of other donors can lead to social comparisons among donors and influence their self-perception. We systematically investigated the role of attention in these comparisons using a joint-donation task. Participants were presented with asymmetric joint-giving scenarios, in which two...
Background: Injection-related pain and anxiety have been major contributors to hesitancy and noncompliance with children's vaccinations. Traditional distraction, as a common method, often fails to prevent syringe anxiety. Novel strategies involving multiple senses in managing pain and anxiety related to children's vaccinations require evaluation. This study aimed to investigate the effect of...
Intergroup empathy bias (IEB) is a tendency to empathise more with ingroup than with outgroup members. Substantial evidence for the phenomenon comes from neuroscientific studies of empathy for physical pain. These studies typically investigate racial groups and register bias in neural but often not in behavioural indicators of empathy; the discrepancy is routinely ascribed to social...
In the past decade, researchers have shown great interest in exploring the neuroplasticity of the brain and the idea that intelligence and personality can change, which is an important contribution to the models of mental health. This research aimed to explore the interconnectedness between mindset, mental health indicators, and depressive symptomatology, as depression is one of the most...
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder can highly impair the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) via its motor and non-motor symptoms (NMS). Overall, mobility-related difficulties and subjective mood problems have the most powerful negative effect on the HRQoL.
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to investigate the HRQoL of patients with PD along new...
Previous research from the United States indicates that voting for a losing candidate in presidential elections is associated with feelings of exclusion and social pain, similar to reactions in interpersonal exclusion. Our research replicates these findings in real election in a European country (Austria), demonstrating their relevance in a different political system. Experimental evidence...
For a very long time it has been well known that different autoimmune syndromes are followed by neuropsychological symptoms. These neuropsychological symptoms often mimic neuropsychiatric disorders and it is very important to distinguish between comorbidity and psychological symptoms that are direct consequences of autoimmune state.
The role of psychologist becomes an important one, but...
Children live complex social lives that has various aspects, including intimate friendships, peer-acceptance and bullying dynamics which is usually studied separately in research. The study I wish to present aims to investigate the interplays of these three important fields by analyzing the moderating effects of number of friendships on the relation between sociometric categories and...
Life History Theory (LHT) posits that individuals exhibit variation in their sexual, reproductive, parental, familial, and social behaviors as adaptive responses to the physical and social challenges encountered during development. “Sugar relationships” typically involve the exchange of resources for sex and/or companionship between a younger partner and an older provider. This study aimed to...
Despite the established relationship between basic psychological needs and depression as an indicator of mental health in adolescents, the role of gender as a potential moderator in these relationships remains underexplored. The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between basic psychological need satisfaction and frustration and depression, as well as the moderating...
According to Self-determination theory, basic psychological needs represent sources of positive identity and optimal functioning. There is no prior research on the relationship between basic psychological needs and identity orientations in adolescents, like the ones defined in the Tetrapartite model of the self, which differentiates personal, relational, collective, and public identity...
Internal combustion cars are on the verge of becoming obsolete and of being replaced by Electric vehicles (EVs). In spite of the quick expansion of EVs, how drivers perceive and cognitively process some of their features remains largely unknown. This study focuses on the role of in-car sound, particularly artificial engine sounds, on drivers’ speed perception and control. Previous research...
In the context of globalization and increased immigration, individuals necessarily need to cope with their cultural identity. This study focuses on the effects of immigration, generational differences, and geographical location on the use and awareness of language cultural components, particularly pragmatic schema. Bartlett's recall paradigm was employed with 102 Iranian participants...
Given its severe health-related consequences, reliably identifying and measuring loneliness is of central importance. The German 6-Item Rasch-Type Loneliness Scale (RTLS) is a widely used instrument that is applied both as a unidimensional scale — addressing overall loneliness — and as a two-dimensional scale, differentiating between emotional and social loneliness. As of yet, there is no...
As students are a vulnerable group for mental disorders, tailored interventions for promoting mental health and well-being are urgently needed. Programs of the third wave of CBT (e.g., ACT, MSC) showed promising results for addressing these issues and hence, SAM synergistically combines all these approaches. Since mindfulness is still the core element of those methods, SAM adopted this...
In our study, we examined the mental health of preschool teachers (N = 554), preschool teacher assistants (N = 453) and counselors (N = 138) in Slovenian preschools. We analyzed the factors (workplace characteristics, psychological factors, sources of stress and perceived social support) contributing to mental health assessed with the Professional Fulfillment Index (PFI). The results indicate...
Seasonal changes throughout the year are characterized by many factors such as temperature change and different daylight duration, Such changes have been shown to affect a wide variety of psychological phenomena such as decision-making and prosocial behavior. Some of the previous research has shown that people experience more negative emotions during Winter and Spring, also known as Seasonal...
Introduction: Loneliness is a pressing public mental health issue. So far, there has been a paucity of investigations focused on the individual differences modulating this subjective feeling in the face of difficult circumstances, e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic. As such, the present study aimed to investigate the role of mentalization; given that the construct comprises reflection abilities that...
Children who can live a good, enjoyable, or successful life despite experiencing a variety of negative life events are described as resilient. Resilience is the ability to withstand challenges across various psychological, social, and societal aspects, depending on the context. The topic of children with mentally ill parents has already been examined from several perspectives. Extensive...
By now there is theoretical and clinical consesus regarding the diversity of the representations of narcissism. Besides the psychodynamic formulation, empirical attention also focused on this issue, however vulnerable narcissism is relatively still in the background when our aim is to present valid and reliable measurement options. In our study we will demonstrate the Hungarian adaptation of...
Studies have shown that motion is a prominent factor influencing how we perceive time durations. For example, targets in motion are perceived to have longer durations than those at rest, and this effect persists even for static images that imply action. However, since motion can be a characteristic of both animate and inanimate subjects, it remains unclear whether this perceptual bias affects...
This study investigates the motivation and perception of the teaching profession among final year Bachelor students of social sciences and languages. Students who intended to pursue a master’s degree in teaching reported on their motivation to teach, their beliefs about teaching and their satisfaction with their career choice. Students who had decided not to study to become a teacher reported...
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has been linked to an increase in loneliness and a decrease in social skills among adolescents, both of which are recognized as risk factors for mental health concerns. Social skills training and relationship-building interventions are considered promising strategies to mitigate these health concerns and strengthen resilience. Method: We have developed a...
Authenticity has long been associated with a range of psychological benefits for individuals, such as greater mental health and well-being, as well as for their relationships, such as greater satisfaction and commitment. In this lecture, I review theory and research that situate self-authenticity in specific close relationship contexts such as romantic relationships, friendships and family...
Cross-cultural research has acknowledged culturally dependent ways of understanding, interpreting and processing psychological trauma. Discourses about individual responses to traumatic events in low-income countries like crisis-ridden Sierra Leone ought to consider a person’s psychosocial background within a sociocultural, historical and political context.
As a sub-study of a research...
The theory of rite of passage has long been used in clinical and developmental psychology as an explanatory notion for crises, trauma-related conditions, and addictions. A liminal hotspot (unlike the liminoid), is the state of being stuck in the liminal phase of the transition, leading to emotional overheat and burnout (Greco & Stenner, 2017). A liminal hotspot is an impasse in the order of...
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD), a condition recently included in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) is associated with substance use disorder (SUD) and behavioural addictions. With cPTSD, the person is exposed to prolonged traumatization, starting usually early in their life and/or occurring in an interpersonal context from where escape impossible (e.g.,...
Capgrass delusion or syndrome is a specific form of delusional misidentification syndromes, which described by the assumption of the patient, that someone or somebody in their social sphere had been replaced by an identical impostor. The replacement usually happens in the case of friends, parnets and spouses, while in some cases pets are being involved. In our presentation we will introduce...
Environmental issues today are more pertinent than ever, and various ecological challenges require swift interventions. One such intervention, purported to stimulate pro-environmental behaviour, is green nudging. To change people's behaviour and implement green nudges more effectively, though, it is inescapable to understand the psychological processes underlying people's attitudes and...
Keywords: morbid obesity, bariatric surgery, emotion misregulation, MMPI-2 Restructured Clinical Scales, behavioral addiction, recovery
Research findings suggest that individuals with substance use disorder (SUD) often exhibit challenges in regulating their emotions. However, there has been limited investigation into emotion regulation difficulties concerning behavioural addictions,...
Keywords: obesity, bariatric surgery, MMPI-2, addictive behaviour, recovery
Bariatric surgery emerges as a superior approach for managing morbid obesity and associated comorbidities compared to conservative therapy. A cohort of 16 morbidly obese individuals, identified by a BMI exceeding 40 or 35 in the presence of diabetes or prediabetes, underwent Pylorus-preserving single-anastomosis...
Public concerns about the potential effects of plastic pollution on human health are high, especially following evidence of microplastics (MPs) in food and drink. However, scientific evidence on human health effects is currently unclear, and knowledge gaps remain regarding sources, pathways and toxicity. We combined qualitative and quantitative approaches to gain insight into factors...
In interior environmental research the preference curved vs angular features was analyzed according to explicit and implicit measures. Using experimental paradigms based on reaction time (RT) focused on approach-avoidance tendencies, studies confirmed effects of curved vs. angular interior designs with experimental paradigms, i.e., associative biases with approach-avoidance words (females are...
In a study with 449 (67% female) Croatian participants, individual differences in three dispositions toward ridicule and laughter (i.e., gelotophobia, gelotophilia and katagelasticism) were examined in relation to humiliation experiences, fear of humiliation, core self-evaluations and resilience. The aim of the study was to replicate and extend the findings of previous research on these...
The study presented in this paper examined the enjoyment of laughing at others (i.e., katagelasticism) in relation to the dark tetrad traits (DT), attitudes towards gossip and tendency to gossip. Katagelasticism has been described as including the active search for situations in which one can ridicule and make other people laugh, even at the expense of hurting others. In this study, it was...
Understanding human emotion, its generation, expression or regulation has been a ‘hot-topic’ for millenia, and appears in many disciplines, such as philosophy, art, and literature. Yet, the scientific study from a psychological point of view has a relatively late start. Since emotions are complex phenomena, the psychological approches are divergent, as well, and can focus on social-cultural,...
Not only policy makers and industries but also consumers are aware that energy consumption needs to be reduced. We use the Social Identity Model of Pro-Environmental Action (SIMPEA; Fritsche et al., 2018) as framework to find a solution to the problem. The SIMPEA highlights how appraisal of an environmental problem, over collective emotions and social cognitions impacts environmental action....
Reducing meat consumption and transitioning to plant-based diets are recognized as crucial to tackle climate change. Concern for animal welfare can reduce meat consumption by activating cognitive dissonance, which may also arise from environmental concerns associated with meat consumption. Yet, there is a lag in empirical research examining the effect of such interventions on reduced meat...
There is increasing acknowledgement that the environmental impact of the current global food supply system is unsustainable. Entomophagy—the consumption of insects as food—is gaining attention as a viable, sustainable food alternative. Yet, despite shifting positive attitudes towards entomophagy and supportive regulatory guidelines, few Westerners integrate insect-based food into their diet...
How we feel about climate change determines our judgments and motivational tendencies on whether and how to react. A range of negative and positive emotions about climate change have been found that correlate positively with various pro-environmental behaviors. Moreover, scholars who are interested in designing effective emotion-based interventions and climate messages are hard at work trying...
Evidence for the causal effects of emotions on pro-environmental behaviour is mixed. Experimentally manipulated emotions can increase pro-environmental behavioural intentions, but these effects are small, depend on individual differences, and diminish with time. The model of affect generalisation may explain this. According to this model, repeated experiences of episodic affect (emotions) can...
A growing body of literature in affective psychology proposes that individuals use several emotion regulation (ER) strategies in a single emotional episode to cope with their arising feelings. Historically, the relationship between ER and negative affective conditions of anxiety has been of considerable theoretical and clinical interest, which connection gets more and more attention in...
Background: Transgender individuals confront societal dismissal and stigmatization linked to their gender identity, causing adverse effects on their mental health. In such circumstances, the companionship of pets can be a comforting and potentially therapeutic resource, aiding in the healing process from the diverse traumas faced by transgender individuals.
Objective: This study explores the...
Humor is a way of modifying negative emotions and it helps to cope with stress. Different humor styles have shown to be differently correlated with positive or negative mental health effects, depending on the humor style being used. In this research we investigated the relationship between humor styles and cognitive emotion regulation strategies. 95 participants filled in the Hungarian version...
In psychological practice, scientific literature, and general belief, the view that thought suppression is non-adaptive or even harmful prevails. This belief, present at least since Freud's time, was reinforced by early studies demonstrating the paradoxical effects of thought suppression. Currently, there are three main sources of evidence for the ineffectiveness or harmfulness of thought...
Optical illusions were a feature of the architecture of Classical Greece and have continued to be an object of considerable interest to researchers in various fields. As far as visual perception is concerned, however, they became a selective battlefield for nativists and empiricists, particularly in the second half of the 19th century. My talk focuses on the last decade of that century, which...
People can feel fear of climate change, guilt about flying, compassion for victims of natural disasters, and be emotionally moved by climate protests. All these emotions predict pro-environmental behaviour. Thus, emotions seem to play an important role in sustainability. This symposium focuses on these links between emotions and sustainable behaviour. Eva Hofmann, Katja Corcoran and Kathrin...
